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Corporate entry Philosophical Society of Victoria (1854 - 1855)

From

12 August 1854Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

To

10 July 1855

Functions

Association and Society or membership organisation

Location

Melbourne, Victoria

Summary

The Philosophical Society of Victoria was founded in Melbourne on 12 August 1854, a few months after the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science. The first meeting was called by Captain Andrew Clarke. The object of the Society was stated as 'embracing the whole field of science, with a special reference to the cultivation of those departments that are calculated to develop the natural resources of the country'. The Society amalgamated with the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science in July 1855 to form the Philosophical Institute of Victoria.

Archival resources

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

Published resources

Edited Books

Archbold, N. W.; McCann, D. A. (ed.), The Inaugural Addresses of the First Presidents of the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science and the Philosophical Society of Victoria, Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne, 2004, 34 pp. Details